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Sitta castanea Lesson, 1830

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Sitta castanea Lesson, 1830
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🗒 Synonyms
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🗒 Common Names
English
  • Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
  • Indian Nuthatch
Other
  • Chestnut-bellied nuthatch
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary

Bird group

Nuthatches, spotted creepers and wallcreeper
Nuthatches, spotted creepers and wallcreeper
Diagnostic Keys
Description
Smaller as compared to Chestnut-bellied, with shorter and slender bill. Grey scalloping on undertail coverts, crown/nape distinctly paler than mantle. In males underparts are darker reddish-chestnut.
Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
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    📚 Natural History
    Size

    Relative Size (Birds)

    Sparrow±
    Sparrow±
    It is 12 cm in length.
    Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
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      Morphology

      Predominant colors (Birds)

      Associated Colours (Birds)

      Look Alikes
      The chestnut-bellied nuthatch can be distinguished from the velvet-fronted by its chestnut underparts, and its distinctive, `chirrip chirrip...´ and `wheewheewheewhee...´ calls.
      Birds of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve, Samira Agnihotri & Rohini Balakrishnan.
      Attributions Birds of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve, Samira Agnihotri & Rohini Balakrishnan.
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        Behaviour
        It prefers open deciduous forests and trees around villages, whereas the velvet-fronted nuthatch can be found in evergreen and moist deciduous forests and plantations. The call of the velvet-fronted nuthatch is a high pitched `chichichichichichi...´.
        Birds of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve, Samira Agnihotri & Rohini Balakrishnan.
        Attributions Birds of Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve, Samira Agnihotri & Rohini Balakrishnan.
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          📚 Habitat and Distribution
          General Habitat

          Habitat

          Terrestrial
          Terrestrial
          Seen in forest and well-wooded tracts, also groves of old mango and other trees on outskirts of villages.
          Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
          Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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            They prefer subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
            Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
            Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
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              Description
              Global Distribution

              India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan

              Distribution In India

              The Indian Union

              Distribution In Assam

              Assam

              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                Sitta castanea is native to Bangladesh, India, Nepal.
                Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
                Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
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                  📚 Occurrence
                  No Data
                  📚 Demography and Conservation
                  Trends
                  Decreasing
                  Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
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                    Conservation Status

                    IUCN Red List Category

                    Least Concern
                    Least Concern
                    IUCN Redlist Status: Least Concern
                    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Lani Sarma (2016) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                      Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
                      Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
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                        Protection Legal Status
                        Schedule IV
                        Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
                        Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Kishor Deka for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
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                          📚 Uses and Management
                          No Data
                          📚 Information Listing
                          References
                          1. Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
                          1. Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
                          1. BirdLife International. 2016. Sitta castanea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103880076A94281309. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103880076A94281309.en. Downloaded on 09 May 2018.
                          2. Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., &Inskipp, T. (2011) Birds of Indian Subcontinent, 2nd Edition,Oxford University Press, London. 480 pp.
                          3. Praveen, J. Jayapal, R. & Pittie. A. (2016). A checklist of the birds of India. Indian Birds.11: 113-170.
                          Information Listing > References
                          1. Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
                          2. Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
                          3. BirdLife International. 2016. Sitta castanea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103880076A94281309. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103880076A94281309.en. Downloaded on 09 May 2018.
                          4. Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., &Inskipp, T. (2011) Birds of Indian Subcontinent, 2nd Edition,Oxford University Press, London. 480 pp.
                          5. Praveen, J. Jayapal, R. & Pittie. A. (2016). A checklist of the birds of India. Indian Birds.11: 113-170.

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                          📚 Meta data
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                          🐾 Taxonomy
                          RootRoot
                          KingdomAnimalia
                          PhylumChordata
                          ClassAves
                          OrderPasseriformes
                          FamilySittidae
                          GenusSitta
                          SpeciesSitta castanea Lesson 1830
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